Expertise

Jonathan is a partner specialising in procurement and commercial law.

Jonathan has been advising in this area for over 20 years, and has acted on a number of high-profile procurements for clients such as the Houses of Parliament, the Ministry of Defence, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, the Falkland Islands Government and the National Nuclear Laboratory.

Here is a representative selection of matters in which Jonathan has been involved:

• currently acting as the client partner on the Femern tunnel, a Euro 6 Bn,19km road and rail undersea tunnel between Denmark and Germany, one of Europe's largest civil engineering projects
• leading our team which won the very recent AEW v Basingstoke case on declarations of ineffectiveness
• part of the AG team advising the UK on the recently-signed West Coast/ HS2 rail franchise
• advising the Houses of Parliament on procurement aspects of their ongoing multi-billion pound refurbishment project
• leading the team advising the Falkland Islands Government on its new port project.
• leading our team advising Sainsbury's on its joint venture bringing "Netto" stores back to the UK, a deal which was nominated for the Legal Business "Commercial Deal of the Year".  
• advising on the commercial arrangements for the running of events spaces within a London landmark attraction
• leading the AG team advising the Danish government on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project – a €6bn tunnel between Denmark and Germany
• advising a major multinational on a major overseas loyalty programme
• advising on precedents and training lawyers and others at a broad spectrum of businesses including Urenco, BP and Kings College
• advising on matters for both the Department for Transport and the Palace of Westminster

He is Client Partner in the Firm's relationships with Sainsbury's, Royal Mail and TKMaxx. Other clients include adidas, Diageo and Samworth Brothers.